Elephants, Brazilian cooking class, zip-lining and Christmas time — it’s a two-week pit stop in northern Thailand–Chiang Mai! We wanted a home base to spend Christmas, so we rented a larger house through Airbnb and really got to know the area. For our first two mornings in Chiang Mai, we volunteered at a foster home… Read More Chiang Mai, Thailand Part 1
We landed in Bangkok with a little apprehension. We had heard about the pollution, trash and crazy traffic. Although that all exists, we fell in love with the street food, friendly people, and easy-to-use Skytrain (BTS) system. Bangkok has a certain charm to it. Our Airbnb apartment sat on the corner of an alley that… Read More Bangkok, Thailand
Krabi is a more rural part of Thailand than the other places we visited. It’s known for its beaches and limestone islands. There isn’t a lot to do in town other than go to the beach but we had plenty to keep us entertained right out our front door. KaiYum, the gibbon, and Joy, our… Read More Krabi, Thailand
We assumed that since we had a view of Singapore from our apartment across the river in Malaysia that it would be easy to get there. We were wrong. The price of living in Singapore is so much higher than Malaysia so we thought it would be worthwhile to stay in nearby Johor Bahru (JB),… Read More JB, Malaysia and Singapore
The week we scheduled on the Gold Coast was meant for us to have a relaxing American Thanksgiving, to finish my college applications, plan our entire SE Asia leg of our trip and enjoy H’s birthday. That’s exactly what it was. We didn’t do any crazy adventures or day trips. We stayed mostly within walking… Read More Gold Coast, Australia
New Zealand! We made it! New Zealand was a must-see for our family and it should be for yours too. We hired a camper van from a family through Mighway. Our plan was to drive around most of the South Island in two weeks. The rain and wind washed out some roads, so we were… Read More South Island, New Zealand
Sydney, Sunshine Coast, Cairns, and Daintree We took two days to drive our rental car from Melbourne north to Sydney through the green rolling hills and winding mountain roads of Victoria in southern Australia, and were amazed by the beauty. A highlight on the long drive was a pit stop on a rainy day at… Read More Australia Part 2
Newcastle, Rosebud and Melbourne We made it to Australia! Were we going to immediately be bitten by a venomous spider or eaten by a crocodile? Well, Australia turned out to be way more welcoming than we anticipated! Instead, we enjoyed sausage rolls, Tim Tams, caramel slices and the best coffee we’ve ever had. Newcastle After… Read More Australia Part 1
By Dad “The greatest danger in life is not to take the adventure.” George Leigh Mallory as found in National Geographic Aug 2018. Family, Friends, Colleagues, travel enthusiasts, Thank you for your interest in our family’s adventure that we call Holliday360. We sold our home, sold our cars, left our professions, and pulled our kids… Read More Introduction
We only stayed in Malaysia for one full day. We discovered we would have to fly through Kuala Lumpur on the way to Australia, so we decided to turn it into a quick stop. It turned out to be one of the cheapest and nicest places we’ve stayed so far! H, Mom and I went… Read More Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Welcome to our first experience of true culture shock and jet lag. After waiting for several days in Hawaii for a military hop to take us to Seoul, we finally settled for a commercial flight. Though we initially planned to travel around all of Korea, not spend all our time in Seoul, plans change. We’ve… Read More Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hawaii was absolutely gorgeous and it was great to see so many old friends. Because Dad is retired military, we got to fly on a C117 from San Fransisco to Hickam. We had to wait several hours and be flexible, because you can’t actually reserve seats on a Space A flight. Dad had warned us… Read More Oahu, Hawai’i
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